Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.

It will be another disaster, after Irangate. Not only that, not only this longest Arab - Israeli confrontation: but also the most important and successful war of attrition which still continues in the south of Lebanon.

When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].

We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part. The moment they withdraw from Gaza, I will establish my state there in Gaza.

Israel must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine.

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

I am not Mr. Chairman. I am His Excellency, the President of Palestine.